Oracle Resources
We would like to recommend the following materials:
Oracle Books:
Oracle SQL Loader by Jonathan Gennick, published by O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-948-9 Dave's Review - Jonathan Gennick is an outstanding technical writer. Good solid information written in concise style. |
Mastering Oracle SQL by Sanjay Mishra, ISBN 00-596-00632-2 Dave's Review - Though I only read the chapter on 10g support for Regular Expressions, it was an excellent source of information. Well written with good examples. |
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expert one-on-one Oracle by Tom Kyte, Wrox publishing , ISN 1-861004-82-6 According to Dave Anderson: Simply put, the best book on Oracle I have ever read. However, it is not for the beginner just looking to get started with Oracle. It is not 9i compliant, but it is still a must as most information is still relevant. An absolute must. |
Effective Oracle by Design, by Tom Kyte, Oracle Press, ISBN 0-07-223065-7 Review by Dave Anderson: Another great book by Tom Kyte; a must have |
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Beginning Oracle Programming by Sean Dillon, Tom Kyte, et al, Apress, ISBN 1590592867. According to Dave Anderson: "This book is worth a look since it is co-authored by the best Oracle author I've ever read, Tom Kyte." |
Oracle9i: The Complete Reference by George Koch & Kevin Loney, Osborne McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0072225211 |
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Web Sites:
These are a few of our favorite web sites.
- http://www.puschitz.com/ - This is Werner Puschitz [pronounced "Push-its"] web site which contains technical articles on installing Oracle on Linux platforms. I found his advice and tips on installing 9i on Red Hat 6 invaluable. Thanks Werner!
- http://askTom.oracle.com - A Q&A forum for Oracle techies. The best I've seen and it is FREE! Definitely try using the "Search Archives" facility, as most questions I have had are already answered.
- http://otn.oracle.com- Oracle Technology Network (OTN). Supported by Oracle Corp. Great resource for trial products, technical information, tech forums, articles and more. If nothing else, it has product downloads and all documentation. For that alone it is worth it. You have to register, but the registration is free.
- http://forums.oracle.com/forums/ - This is the Oracle Technology Network main forum page.
- http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.databases.oracle - This is the main page for the Oracle-related forums on Google
- http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com/ - Niall's Oracle Pages is an interesting site with good free tips. Particularly interesting is disspelling myths in http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com/OracleMyths.zip
- http://www.devx.com- Contains links to information on Java, .Net, Oracle, XML, etc.
- http://www.oracle.com - Oracle Corporations' web site.
- http://www.oracle.com/oramag - Oracle Corporations' online Oracle Magazine. Very helpful, especially the "Ask Tom" link. Oracle expert Tom Kyte answers your questions, developer and DBA. Also see Tom's book: Expert One on One: Oracle published by Wrox Press.
- http://www.ioug.org - International Oracle Users Group - Americas' web site. Oracle news, education, forums, book reviews, conference news.
- http://www.skillbuilders.com - SkillBuilders, Inc.'s web site. Contains this resource list (PDF), Oracle classes, Oracle-related course books for sale. (Also see Java, XML, Dreamweaver and Flash courses and more.)
- http://www.dbasupport.com - Technical tips for DBAs, forums, news, books, links to magazine articles and tutorials.
- http://www.prometric.com - Prometric's (formerly Sylvan Prometric) web site. Prometric provides Oracle certification testing. You can register for your certification tests online.
- http://www.dba-village.com - This site is run by a Belgion company called Cronos. They say they are Belgiums leading Oracle Solution Provider. Contains news, scripts, forums and more.
- http://www.stewartmc.com/oracle - We are not sure who owns this site, but it has a lot of links to Oracle-related sites.
